TCL fall pulls TTSE market index down

January 26, 2017 by

Trinidad Cement shares suffer big fall.

A 35 cents rise in the price of Trinidad & Tobago NGL was insufficient to wade of the negative impact of a 50 cents drop in the price of Trinidad Cement in preventing slippage in the All T&T index on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday.
Market activity resulted in 15 securities traded, compared to 13 on Wednesday with 6 stocks advancing, 4 holding firm and 5 declining. The number of shares that changed hands amounted to 482,036 units valued at $3,773,912 compared to 95,386 shares valued at $2,016,084 on Wednesday.
At the close the Composite Index advanced 1.89 points to 1,223.91, thanks to gains in three Jamaican based stocks, the All T & T Index slid 3.19 points to 1,833.93 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.96 points to 82.15.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 8 with lower offers.
Gains| Angostura Holdings added 1 cent to close trading at $14.72 with an exchange of 11,968 shares, JMMB Group rose 6 cents to close at a 52 weeks high of $1.16 with 43,691 units being purchased, National Commercial Bank climbed 15 cents, closing at a 52 weeks high of $3.35 with 193,012 units traded, valued at $632,749. Scotia Investments closed at $2.21, gaining 1 cent with 1,100 shares changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 9,694 units to close at $21, for a gain of 35 cents and West Indian Tobacco added 2 cents to close at $127.02 with 578 shares changing owners.
Losses| Clico Investment lost 8 cents, closing at $22.50 with trades of 86,187 shares valued at $1,939,787, Massy Holdings closed at $51.42, a loss of 2 cents with 578 units traded, Sagicor Financial closed down by 5 cents to $8.50 with 22,247 shares being exchanged. Scotiabank traded 331 units, closing at $58.70, after a loss of 5 cents and Trinidad Cement traded just 500 shares to close at $4.55, after losing 50 cents.
Firm Trades| Ansa McAL was unchanged at $65.84 with 2,306 units changing hands, First Citizens exchanged a mere 42 shares to close at $34.93, Grace Kennedy closed at $2.68 with 109,095 shares traded and Guardian Holdings held firm at $13.13 with 707 units changing hands.

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Gains for 58% of TTSE traded stocks

January 24, 2017 by

Scotia Investments ended at a 52 weeks’ high on Tuesday on the TTSE.

Activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday closed with 12 securities changing hands compared to 11 on Monday. Trinidad Cement was active again in the market but with a lower number of units being executed at $5.50
Trading ended with 7 stocks advancing, 3 holding firm and 2 declining. A total of 757,514 units were exchanged at a value of $7,647,257 compared to 2,076,758 shares valued at $12,907,895 on Monday.
The Composite Index gained 0.75 points to 1,223.05, the All T&T Index declined 1.46 points to 1,839.32 and the Cross Listed Index added 0.40 points to 81.17.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| Angostura Holdings added 1 cent to close at $14.71 with 30,000 shares traded at a value of $441,300, Clico Investment gained 7 cents to close at $2.58 with 60,000 units exchanged valued at $1,355,000, Grace Kennedy closed trading at $2.64, gaining 4 cents with 567 units changing hands. Praetorian Property Fund added 9 cents, closing at $2.85 with 20,000 units switching owners. Sagicor Financial closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $8.46, rising 31 cents with 46,239 shares being transferred, valued at $391,197, Scotia Investments traded 20,000 shares to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.20, having gained 10 cents and Trinidad & Tobago NGL rose 13 cents to $20.65 with an exchange of 3,761 units.
< Strong> Losses| Ansa McAL closed at $65.84, with a loss of 12 cents in exchanging 30,814 units valued at $2,028,672 and Massy Holdings traded 4,221 shares to close at $51.44, after losing 4 cents.
Firm Trades| Scotiabank held firm at $58.75 with 2,021 units changing hands, Trinidad Cement remained unchanged at $5.50 but 539,691 shares being traded having traded as low as $5.20 during the trading session and West Indian Tobacco closed trading at $127 with 200 units changing owners.

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TCL trades 1.9m units at $5.50

January 23, 2017 by

TCL closed at $5.50 on Monday.

With Cemex announcing at the end of last week, that they secured enough shares to take their holdings in Trinidad Cement to just over 50 percent, 1,926,850 units were traded at $5.50 with a value of $10,597,675.
The odds are that the trade may well be done on behalf of the Mexican based company albeit at a higher price that their last official price of $5.07. TCL stock closed with the bid below the last traded price with 12,000 being offered at $5.45 and buying of 320,004 shares at $3.20.
On Monday, trading closed with 11 securities changing hands in contrast to 7 on Friday leading to 4 stocks advancing, 7 holding firm and none declining. Swollen by the cement trade, volume exchanged, climbed to 2,076,758 units at a value of $12,907,895 compared to only 182,914 shares valued at $736,886 on Friday.
The Composite Index advanced 2.44 points to 1,222.30 points, the All T & T Index climbed 2.84 points to 1,840.78 points and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.28 points to 80.77 points. The gains, disguises a broader weakness in the market which closed with much more weak offers than for some time in the recent past.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 12 with lower offers.
Gains| Guardian Holdings gained 10 cents, closing at $13.10 with 425 shares traded, National Commercial Bank closed trading at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.20, gaining 4 cents with 52,000 shares being executed. National Enterprises added 8 cents to close at $10.77 with 10,000 units changing hands and National Flour Mills rose 30 cents to $2.70 with an exchange of 5,000 shares.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings exchanged 4,000 units and closed at $14.70, Clico Investment closed at $22.51 with 67,145 units valued at $1,514,808 changing hands, First Citizens was unchanged at $34.93 with a mere 54 shares changing hands. Prestige Holdings remained at $11 with 300 shares changing hands, Scotiabank traded as high as $58.80 but closed trading at $58.75 with 5,561 units changing owners, valued at $326,978 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL, with 5,423 stock units being executed, closed at $20.52.

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Cemex offer rejected by market so far

January 12, 2017 by

TCL closed at 52 weeks’ high of $5.10 on Thursday.

Trinidad Cement stock closed at $5.10 on the Trinidad market, with 85,800 units changing hands valued at $436,690. The price shot past the Cemex revised offer price of $5.07 by adding 5 cents in trading on Thursday in closing at a 52 weeks’ high. Importantly the stock has a bid of $5.10 to buy 39,475 shares and closed without an offer being posted a sure sign of higher prices ahead.
Activity climbed sharply from the lows levels experienced for 2017 to date as 15 securities traded, compared to 7 on Wednesday. A total of 6 stocks advanced, 1 fell and 8 remained unchanged as 328,077 units changed hands, valued at $2,705,386 compared to a mere 28,747 shares valued at $573,758 on Wednesday.
The Composite Index gained 0.33 points to 1,215.28 points, the All T & T Index rose 0.15 points to 1,837.11 points. The Cross Listed Index gained 0.07 points to 79.35 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Guardian Holdings advanced 10 cents to $12.90 with an exchange of 35,031 shares valued at $451,900, National Enterprises added 1 cent to close at $10.69 with 2,045 shares changing owners, Sagicor Financial gained 8 cents, closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $8.10 with 3,000 units being traded. Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $20.50, up 1 cent with 20,000 shares changing hands valued at $409,878 and West Indian Tobacco, swapped 5,580 units valued at $708,757, closed trading with a rise of 2 cents at $127.02.
Losses| Calypso Macro lost 1 cent to close at a 52 weeks low of $21.88 with 1,000 shares being exchanged.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings closed at $14.70, with 12,025 units changing owners, Clico Investments held firm at $22.60 with 581 shares being exchanged, First Citizens closed trading at $34.97 with 55 units changing hands, National Commercial Bank was unchanged at $3.10 with an exchange of 50,000 shares. National Flour closed at $2.40 with only 10 units being traded, Prestige Holdings ended trading at $11 with 164 shares changing hands, Scotia Investments held firm at $2.10 with trades of 112,000 units and Scotiabank closed at $58.75 with 786 shares changing ownership.

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More securities actively traded Monday

January 9, 2017 by

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago stock market on Monday ended with 14 securities changing hands compared to 11 on Friday. The market closed as 3 stocks advanced, 4 declined and 7 were unchanged with 225,197 units being traded at a value of $4,965,442 compared to Friday’s 222,518 shares valued at $4,418,139.
The Composite Index advanced 1.13 points to 1,212.88 points, the All T&T Index lost of 0.56 points to close at 1,833.53 points and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.39 points to 79.19 points.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Gains| National Commercial Bank exchanged 8,087 shares advancing 5 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.10, Scotia Investments rose 5 cents, with 11,041 units trading, and closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.10 and Trinidad Cement added 22 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.67 while exchanging of 121,560 shares, valued at $551,785.
< Strong> Losses| Angostura Holdings closed at $14.70, falling 5 cents with 2,221 shares changing owners, Ansa McAL lost 25 cents, closing trading at $66.25 with only 150 units traded,. Scotiabank was down 3 cents to $58.77 with 26,839 shares changing ownership, valued at $1,577,378 and Unilever Caribbean closed at $59.80, with a loss of 3 cents and a mere 40 units trading.
Firm Trades| Clico Investments closed trading at $22.60 with 7,025 units being exchanged, First Caribbean International traded 25,716 shares and closed at $8.50, Guardian Media traded 408 units, to close at $19, JMMB Group was unchanged at 92 cents with an exchange of 3,300 shares. National Enterprises with 200 shares traded, closed at $10.68, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended the day at $20.50 with an exchange of 100 units and West Indian Tobacco with 18,510 shares valued at $2,350,770 changing ownership, closed at $127.

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3 new highs for Trinidad stocks

January 3, 2017 by

NCB closed at 52 weeks’ high on Tuesday on the TTSE.

Trinidad stock market closed on the first trading of 2017 with mixed fortunes all the all T&T index slipped while the cross listed index gained a continuation of the trend of 2016.
Trading on Tuesday resulted in 8 securities changing hands compared to 11 on Friday. Market activity ended with 6 stocks rising, 2 declining while there were no stocks trading unchanged. A total of 162,833 shares being traded valued at $2,093,835 compared to 262,813 shares being traded, valued at $6,001,767 on Friday.
The Composite Index rose 1.04 points at 1,210.57, the All T&T Index lost 0.88 points to 1,833.35. The Cross Listed Index rose 0.41to end at 78.58 points with year to date gains of 55.65 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investments Fund gained 18 cents in trading 63,956 units valued at $1,458,197 to close at $22.80, Guardian Holdings traded 2,500 units to close 1 cent higher at $12.66, National Commercial Bank added 10,000 shares to stocks that traded and gained 5 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.05. Point Lisas traded 21,500 shares and gained 5 cents to end at $3.75, Sagicor Financial Corporation gained 7 cents with 47,548 valued at $371,083 to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $7.80 and Trinidad Cement traded 8,200 units with a rise of 5 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.45.
< Strong> Losses| Angostura Holdings fell 25 cents to close at $14.75 as 5,131 units changed hands and National Flour Mills fell 12 cents to close at $2.40 with 4,000 units trading.

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Trinidad Cement drops back to $4.15

January 1, 2017 by

TCL retreated from its recent record close of $5.50 to $4.15 on Tuesday

Trading levels on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Tuesday improved as the Composite index moved higher and the all Trinidad index falling, with Trinidad Cement that climbed to $5.50 closing down at $4.15.
The market closed on Tuesday with 18 securities changing hands in contrast to 10 on Monday with 8 stocks advancing, 7 declining and 3 remaining unchanged. A total of 483,249 shares valued at $2,376,016 compared to Monday’s trades of 174,656 shares valued at $3,712,321.
The Composite Index climbed 6.45 points to 1,229.47, the All T&T Index slid 2.38 points to 1,827.69 and the Cross Listed Index gained 2.10 points to 84.54.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 6 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
Gains| Angostura Holdings added 3 cents and closed at $14.75 with an exchange of 14,100 units, Guardian Holdings rose 44 cents to $13.75 with trades of 10,000 shares, JMMB Group gained 5 cents to close at a new 52 weeks high of $1.25 with 173,162 shares being exchanged. National Commercial Bank gained 27 cents, closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.55 with 50,000 shares changing owners, Praetorian Property closed 5 cents higher, at $2.90 while trading 2,000 units. Sagicor Financial added 1 cent to close at $8.51 with an exchange of 14,294 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed at $21.02, gaining 2 cents with trades of 1,257 units and L.J. Williams B share advanced 5 cents to 71 cents with 93,650 units traded.
Losses| Berger Paints closed down 1 cent to $4.05 with 800 units traded, Clico Investment lost 1 cent to close at $22.51 after trading 3,777 shares, Massy Holdings dropped 30 cents, falling to $51.10 with trades of 14,243 valued at $727,818 and Republic Financial Holdings closed at $107.98, losing 21 cents with 46 units being exchanged. Scotiabank lost 5 cents to $58.70 trading 4,909 shares, Trinidad Cement fell 35 cents to $4.15, while exchanging 5,000 shares and Unilever Caribbean closed at $58.50 after sustaining a fall of $1.33 with 154 units changing hands.
Firm Trades| First Citizens closed at $34 with 300 shares traded, Scotia Investments remained at $2.23 with 95,125 shares changing owners and West Indian Tobacco closed at $127 with 432 units switching ownership.

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Trinidad stocks drop 6% in 2016

December 30, 2016 by

Trinidad Cement closed at a 52 weeks’ high on Friday.

Trinidad based companies lost nearly 6 percent of their value in 2016 as the country’s economy faced challenges during the year based primarily on the fall in the price of oil which led to the shortage of foreign exchange and slippage in the value of the country’s currency.
While the values of the Trinidad based company declined that for the wider Caribbean grew by nearly 58 percent and resulted in the Composite index rising but by only 4 percent. The market closed the year on a positive note, with the IC bid-offer Indicator | showing the strongest reading for the last two trading days of the year with just 2 stocks closing with bids that were lower than their last sale price.
Trading on Friday resulted in 11 securities changing hands compared to 13 on Thursday. Market activity ended with 5 stocks rising, 1 declining and 5 holding firm, with 262,813 shares being traded valued at $6,001,767 compared to 155,564 shares being traded valued at $1,446,576 on Thursday.
The Composite Index rose 3.37 points to end the year at 1,209.53, the All T&T Index gained 1.35 points to 1,834.23 with a year to date loss at 6 percent. The Cross Listed Index rose 0.71 points at 78.17 points with year to date gains of 57.89 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 5 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investments Fund gained 1 cent in trading 665 units at $22.62, First Citizens Bank had 6,760 units trading with a gain of 25 cents to end at $35, JMMB Group traded 181,727 units to end at 90 cents with a 1 cent rise. National Commercial Bank added 6,999 shares to stocks that traded and gained 10 cents to close at $3 and Trinidad Cement traded 2,000 units with a rise of 5 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.40.
Losses| Grace Kennedy traded 730 shares but lost 1 cent to close at $2.67
Firm Trades| Massy Holdings contributed just 12,350 shares with a value of $642,200 to end at $52, Readymix West Indies closed trading with 5,000 shares trading at $10.99. Republic Financial Holdings with a volume of 44,125 shares valued at $4,784,915 changing hands, closed at $108.44, Trinidad and Tobago NGL traded 1,909 shares at $21 and Unilever Caribbean ended with 548 units trading, to end at $59.84.

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6 stocks rise on TTSE – Wednesday

December 28, 2016 by

Sagicor Financial closed at a 52 weeks' high on Wednesday on the TTSE.

Sagicor Financial closed at a 52 weeks’ high on Wednesday on the TTSE.

Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday resulted in 12 securities changing hands compared to 7 on Friday. Market activity ended with 6 stocks rising, 2 declining and 4 holding firm, with 318,033 shares being traded valued at $2,502,324 compared to 414,785 shares being traded valued at $1,433,699 on Friday.
The Composite Index rose 2.04 points to 1,206.16, the All T&T Index gained 1.11 points to 1,832.67 with a year to date loss at 5.94 percent. The Cross Listed Index advanced by 0.40 to end at 77.46 points with year to date gains of 56.45 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 4 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investments Fund traded 2,000 units at $22.61 after adding 1 cent, First Citizens Bank had 5,214 units trading with a gain of 44 cents to end at $34.99, National Commercial Bank traded 145,444 units valued at $421,788 and gained 3 cents to end at $2.90. Sagicor Financial Corporation gained 7 cents to end at TTSE sum 28-12-16a 52 weeks’ high of $7.73 with 800 shares changing hands, Scotiabank gained 7 cents in trading 8,737 shares at $58.85 and Trinidad Cement traded 10,220 units with a rise of 10 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $4.35.
Losses| Republic Financial Holdings with a volume of 8,193 shares valued at $888,448 being traded, closed with a loss of 1 cent at $108.44 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL fell 25 cents, in trading 6,476 shares at $21.
Firm Trades | Guardian Holdings traded 12,558 units to close at $12.65, JMMB Group traded 101,000 units to end at 89 cents, Massy Holdings contributed just 91 shares to end at $52 and LJ Williams ended with 17,300 B shares trading at 66 cents.

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2 stocks fell none rise on TTSE – Friday

December 23, 2016 by

TTSE build Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday resulted in 7 securities changing hands compared to 9 on Thursday. Market activity ended with no stock rising, 3 declining and 5 holding firm, with 414,785 shares being traded valued at $1,433,699 compared to 435,352 shares being traded valued at $9,756,871 on Thursday.
The Composite Index fell 1.56 points to 1,204.12, the All T&T Index lost 2.09 points to 1,831.56 with a year to date loss at 6 percent. The Cross Listed Index declined by 0.14 to end at 77.06 points with year to date gains of 55.65 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 7 with lower offers.
TTSE sum 23-12-16 Losses| Angostura Holdings lost 50 cents with 36,443 shares valued at $546,651 closing at $15 and JMMB Group lost 3 cents in trading 353,350 units valued at $304,612 to end at 86 cents.
Firm Trades | FirstCaribbean International Bank ended with 3,500 shares being exchanged at $8.50, Guardian Holdings traded 3,782 units to close at $12.65, Massy Holdings contributed 9,199 shares valued at $478,348 to end at $52, National Commercial Bank traded 8,474 units at $2.87 and Scotiabank trades just 37 shares at $58.78.

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